CZS52 Democratization and Democracy in the East-Central Europe

Celouniverzitní studia
podzim 2018
Rozsah
2/0/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. Mgr. Vladimir Dordevic, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Eva Taterová, M.A., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Ing. Violeta Osouchová
Celouniverzitní studia
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Celouniverzitní studia
Rozvrh
Čt 20. 9. až Čt 20. 12. Čt 13:00–14:30 KOM 257
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Cíle předmětu
The course is conceived to give students a complex insight into trends and events related to democratization processes in Central (and Eastern) Europe after 1989. Studying democratization of this region is interesting for at least two reasons: first, theoretically, it gives us better understanding of the process of democratization itself, and second, practically, it helps us understanding the current political, economic, and social reality in the post-Communist countries of given region. Furthermore, as will be shown throughout the course, it is hard to make a line when the democratization process in the region was over and, in fact, we may as well analyse the current dynamics in the region using many of the democratization concepts. Throughout the course we will primarily focus on the four Visegrad countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) which will be regarded as the core of the Central European region, although we will include in our analysis at the later stage also the cases of Ukraine and Yugoslavia for comparison and to have a broader contextual picture. The course will consist of two parts. The first one will give an introduction into the Central Europe, its historical development, and democratization theory. After the first part of the course, the students will be expected to be familiar with basic regional facts. The second part of the course will look individually at the countries of the region to analyse their political dynamics after 1989.
Osnova
  • September 20: Introductory lecture: scope of the course, organization of the course, and course requirements (Dordevic) • September 27: History of Central Europe (Taterova) • October 4: Revolutions of 1989 in Central Europe (Taterova) • October 11: Theories of Democratization (Dordevic) • October 18 International organizations and their role in democratization (Taterova) • October 25 Mid term exam; Case study: Poland (Taterova) • November 1. Case study: Slovakia – includes position paper (Taterova) • November 8 Case study: Czech Republic– includes position paper (Taterova) • November 15: Case study: Is Hungarian Democracy Going Backwards? (Dordevic) – includes position paper • November 22: Case study: Ukraine between the East and the West (Dordevic) – includes position paper November 29: Pitfalls of Democratization: Post-Yugoslav Space as “Antipode’ of (East-Central) Europe (Dordevic) – includes position paper December 6: Challenges to Democracy in East Central Europe and Beyond/*Course wrap-up (Dordevic) – includes position paper December 13: Final exam (Dordevic)
Metody hodnocení
Assessment method:
Mid-term exam: 25 %
· Consists of 5 open questions requiring short answer. Goal is to check whether students acquired basic factual knowledge in the first part of the course. Literature and lecture content will be both included.
Final exam: 40 % · Final exam will consist of four open questions which will require longer answers. Students will be asked to prove that they acquired knowledge about the topics covered throughout the course and can critically discuss the dynamics in the region.
Five position papers 25 % (each position paper is for maximum of five points for the paper and for the active presence in the class). · Students will choose five topics according to their interest from the second part of the course (after the mid-term exam) and write a position paper. If a student submits more than five position papers, only five with the best scores will be counted to the final assessment. Each position paper is about two standard pages long and consists of a short summary of the assigned literature, its critical analyses and subsequent discussion of the topic in the Central European context.
Participation and activity in the class: 10 % Students are expected to participate in classes. In case of missing a class due to reasonable reasons, points will not be deducted. Furthermore, active participation is expected. Students are strongly recommended to go through the assigned reading before the lecture and join discussion during the classes.
Final assessment:
A: 100 – 90 % B: 89 – 80 % C: 79 – 70 % D: 69 – 65 % E: 64 – 60 % F: 59 – 0 %
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
http://cic.muni.cz/cs/left-incoming-mobility/incoming-student/incoming-student-exchange/incoming-student-exchange-cesp
This course is offered as part of the CESP - Central European Studies Program, for more info about the program and more courses offered through this program, please see the website above.

Education at FSS MU assumes that students are familiar with study regulations and they refrain from fraudulent fulfilment of their obligations, especially plagiarism, that is, appropriation of somebody else’s thoughts for one’s own and publication of thoughts of other authors without proper quotation. Plagiarism represents a most serious offence in the academia as it contradicts the mission of the university and meaning of studying. From legal point of view, plagiarism equals a theft of someone else’s intellectual property. Fraudulent fulfilment of students’ obligations is not tolerated under any circumstances and each such case will be punished by conditional expelling from the university. Students are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the issue of plagiarism and the ways how to avoid it.
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